CAT FEEDING PLATFORM

This raised cat feeding platform will make feeding your cat a little easier on your back. You don't have to bend over all the time to fill the bowl. Rats can't raid the feeder, and there is also some entertainment value in watching the cat jump. It's a poor man's circus act, without the burning hoops.

All the parts are recycled materials. The base is a discarded fan base, 18" in diameter. The 15" diameter platform is a round piece of plywood from my scrap wood collection.

The pole in this feeding platform telescopes for height adjustment. It came from another fan base. When my cat was smaller, he needed a 5-gallon bucket set next to the platform as a step for getting up to the food. Not any more.

Step 1: THE BASE

A good base is a wide base. This one measures 18" in diameter.

The wood under the platform has a hole that fits over the top of the vertical stand pole, thus securely holding the platform.

The feed bowl is made to slide on and off the piece of wood that protrudes from the side of the platform. I used some PVC material from pipe scraps to make the channel underneath the bowl that holds it in place.

Comments

[ToniRose]

Looks like another advantage is that it's easy to clean under. You don't have to move the bowl out of your way to sweep or mop. (For some reason that always bugged me.)

[RedneckAsian]

my family spends more money on cat food than dog food because my dog only eats cat food

[libed91]

 same here, my dog also prefer cat food.

[wandalee]

this is perfect, for us!! we have one very fat cat and this gets the other cats' food up out of her reach. I like that it uses a discarded fan base and the bowl holder is genius though I don't I'll be able to do it for myself. Thanks for the great idea.

[Thinkenstein]

Thanks for the feedback. If you find two plastic bowls that nest inside of each other, you can drill and screw one to the platform, or an extension off the side of the platform. The removable food bowl would then just sit inside of it.

That would let you avoid the PVC heat forming. Check out this other instructable, though. http://www.instructables.com/id/PVC-Its-Great-for-Inventions/ It's a great material to learn to work with.

[hishealer]

I also had a problem with one cat getting his drink and knocking over the bowl, leaving the other one dry. Industrial strength velcro solved that problem! I found a flattish bowl I would otherwise discard, put the hooks on the bottom of it, and the loops part on the table where they drink. Six months later and the velcro is still attached. I think that may be a good solution here too.

[fangfriends]

Till now, I've had to put the cat food high up on a book shelf where the house bunny can't get to it. But I have a better solution.

[foobear]

This has another purpose too. It turns out that raccoons can't jump, so this guy here built a cat feeder on a platform to foil the furry criminals. http://www.thewildones.net/raccoons.htm

[Thinkenstein]

Very interesting. Thanks for the link.

[lemonie]

New to me, good one! L

[Thinkenstein]

Thanks.